Chile volcano: Qantas cancels Melbourne flights
Qantas aircraft at Sydney's international airport - 12 June 2011 Qantas said it was trying to contact all passengers affected by ash cloud cancellations
Qantas has cancelled all its flights in and out of Melbourne, Australia, because of ash drifting over the Pacific Ocean from a volcano in Chile.
Qantas had already cancelled flights to and from Tasmania and parts of New Zealand. Other airlines have also grounded flights in the region, stranding thousands of travellers.
Australian airline Qantas said it was too dangerous to fly through the ash.
Surely this can't be right, flights are cancelled only due to government incompetence, not because of Volcanic ash, which is imaginary.. right?
BBC News - Chile volcano: Qantas cancels Melbourne flights